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[quote=Anonymous]For those questioning why?  It's a very interesting scientific event.  Seeing the moon slowly move across the sky and block out part of the sun is amazing.  You are not in total darkness as the moon can only block out the center part of the sun and so it is more like dusk light-wise.  With the proper shielded glasses, it's a very interesting effect to see.

The effects as the eclipse progresses will look like:
[img]https://whenisthenexteclipse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/73-%E2%80%93-Why-you-need-to-get-to-the-Path-of-Totality-for-August-21s-eclipse-800x445.jpg[/img]

And if you are in the path of totality the final effect (which should last 2-4 min depending on where you view it) will look similar to these:
[img]https://wonderlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2024-Solar-Eclipse.png[/img]
[img]https://dq0hsqwjhea1.cloudfront.net/Totality_tutte_el10_elab_1024_cop-1024x576.jpg[/img]
[img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQWDI87gjOmL4Pj-hcFB4M51VeHwHWs0-p1f5Rm2myfsjGFaiiwqoJ1HLBSPIjKBFNDrF0&usqp=CAU[/img]

As for where to see it, there is an interactive map here where you can look for places to go to see it.  
[url]https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse_cities/statemap.html[/url]

You want to be between the orange lines and as close to the blue line as you can get.  Anywhere inside the orange lines will see totality and anywhere along the blue line will have the longest periods of totality.  If you are outside the orange lines but close, you will see partial totality (where the moon only covers part of the sun and you will get a view more like the progress images from the first image.

We stayed locally for the last eclipse in 2017 and got a partial eclipse.  It was interesting, but not as full of an effect as my friends who traveled.  I want my kids to see full eclipse this time since they will be adults when the next one happens and I want us to enjoy this as a family.[/quote]

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